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few specimens ; but they were in such bad plumage, both in 

 March and April, that I did not preserve them. 



1 19. CucuLus SMARAGDiNEUs, Swains. Emerald Cuckoo. 

 Fairly plentiful about Durban and Pinetown, where they 



frequent the thick forest. 



120. CucuLus cupREUS (Bodd.). Golden Cuckoo. 



The rarest of the three metallic Cuckoos about Durban, 

 where I only saw it in collections. 



121. CucuLus KLAAsi, Stcph. Klaas's Cuckoo. 



Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of Durban and Pine- 

 town, at both of which places I shot specimens. It frequently 

 selects an open branch of a large tree for its perch. 



122. Treron delalandii, Bp. Delalande's Fruit-Pigeon. 



I saw a specimen of this Pigeon at Pinetown. They gene- 

 rally keep well hidden amongst the foliage of the large trees, 

 where, owing to their green colour, they are extremely diffi- 

 cult to observe ; and relying on this natural protection they sit 

 close, often allowing stones to be thrown into a tree before 

 they will take wing. 



123. Stict(enas PH.f:oNOTUs, G. R. Gr. South-African 

 Speckled Pigeon. 



I found this very common in the rocky districts of Cape 

 colony, and occasionally feeding in large flocks on the arable 

 land. I am told that it comes to Durban at certain seasons 

 in great numbers ; but I did not meet with it there in March 

 or April. Beak horn-colour, fading into white over the nos- 

 trils ; irides pale yellow ; eyelids crimson-red ; legs red. 



124. (Ena capensis, Linn. Black-throated Dove. 



Very plentiful throughout Cape colony, where I always 

 found them on the more open ground. 



125. Turtur albiventris, Gray. Ash-bellied Turtle Dove. 

 In Cape colony this Dove is very abundant, frequenting 



both the woodland and the rocky districts, but is especially 



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